sfchronicle.com
For decades, California’s groundwater supplies have plummeted because of too much pumping. In some places, due to the heavy draws, the land above has collapsed, roads and bridges have buckled and communities have run out of water. But this year, after the historically wet winter, there was at least some reprieve for the state’s overburdened aquifers. Groundwater levels rose or were flat at the vast majority of wells tracked by the state, compared with last year, while groundwater levels dropped…
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